Heli Helskyaho, Oracle ACE Director

Heli Helskyaho has been the CEO of Kantamestarit Oy since 2000 and the CEO of Miracle Finland Oy since 2010. She is the past president of the OUGF (Oracle User Group Finland) and an ambassador for the EOUC (EMEA Oracle User Group). Helskyaho began her career as a software developer and database specialist at Oracle in 1993. She became an Oracle ACE in 2011 and an Oracle ACE Director in 2013. She has a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Helsinki.

Helskyaho recently published Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler for Database Design Mastery. In her rare free time, she keeps active with Zumba, Nordic walking, golf, Pilates, Method Putkisto, and yoga. She is a qualified teacher of ballet, jazz, and modern dance and has a blue belt in tae kwon do. But she says that her proudest achievement—outside of her career—was teaching her two teenage sons to cook. Follow Heli on Twitter @HeliFromFinland and check out her blog.